Wichita eagle., 1887-12-09

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MARSHALL NJ. MURDOCH. Editor,
Southern California secures the loca-
ton of the Pacific branch of the National
Soldiers home A judicious selection.
In the game of politics trumps ought
to be brains and integrity. As played
bv the Cleveland crowd, however, such
trun1ps are discarded; they play game
of bluff altogether.
Fred Grants brother, who was IN San
Francisco just after the New York cleo
ton and being asked why Fred was not
elected he replied: Because he did not
get votes enough" Something OF a
Grantism, this.
The trouble ex-Commissioner Sparks
caused the interior department did not
end with his removal from Office. His
acts while in Office will continue to
harrass that department indefinitely,
calling for reversals.
Secretary Lamar modestly lays claim
to the credit for restoring large bodies of
land hitherto held by railroads. His re-
cent decision, however, over-ruling the
late Mr.. Sparks acts in that respect
would seem to entitle the latter gentle
man to a share, at least, Of the notoriety.
The Creek Indians desire TO sell all Of
their lands lying east of the Arkansas
river and it is thought the Cherokee
council. now in session at Tahlequah,
will take some steps toward its purchase.
1t is said that no better body OF unlm-
proved land can be found in the country.
Whatever of encouragement the anti
prohibitionists in this state may have ex-
perienced i'll the recent success obtained
by their friends in Texas, Tennessee and
Georgia, the decision of the United
States supreme court in the Kansas case
casts a blight and mildew upon their
hopes for the future here. So be it.
The universally criticised and often
abused mother-in-law experienced brief
surcease from such infiction by the tenn
porary interposition of the Officious SON
in-law The former may get in her work
in domestic relations. but it takes the
latter TO retire president. But for such
a relation II. Grevy would still be presi-
dent Of the French republic,
Topeka and Fort Scott papers may
parade with gusto sickening recital of
local occurrences as SO many jokes or
subjects for irony to their hearts con-
tent. AS for the EAGLE it mentions such
simply as matters of news and always
with sadness. 1t has too much regard
for the feelings of the distressed to
bandy their sorrows as thing of levity.
The large increase in the government S
expenses for the next fiscal year, as
shown bv the estimates made up by the
clerk of the house, will greatly lessen the
accumulation of surplus revenue in the
treasury. and unless the visionary Dem
ocratic theorists are watched and kept III
check they are liable to 90 to the other
extreme in the matter of revenue prun-
ing.
The interview with Mr.. Blaine pub
lished in yesterdays paper on the sub
ject of the presidents message, while
impromptu expressions, at once shows
his utmost familiarity with the theories
of our government on the question OF
taxation as affecting the interests of the
people at large. Even in the shape his
views are presented they appear in
marked contrast in point of statesmanly
utterances with those of MIR. Cleveland
Herr Most may thank his stars that he
was tried in New York instead of Chi
cago. When he contrasts his one yeaI
in states prison with the long, weary
years that stretch out before Fielden' and
Schwab he will no doubt count himself
a most lucky person. The sentence
though light, in Aiost's case is enough tC
emphasize the law and popular senti
ment upon the perniciouS heresy that
has cost him his liberty for the time
being.
The report of the second victory of tho
-prohibitionists in Atlanta in the
election of their entire ticket makes NJ
mention of the election of any colored
man to office as per agreement in the
recent contest on the prohibition ques
ton direct However, that was an after
consideration; the object in the first in
stance having been accomplished the
white ants no doubt felt absoived from
any pledges they may have made L
bring il about.
The presidents reference in his mes